moth and rust
noun
Roget 659:
deterioration,
debasement;
wane,
ebb;
recession
etc.
287;
retrogradation
etc.
283†;
decrease
etc.
36.
degeneracy,
degeneration,
degenerateness;
degradation;
depravation,
depravement;
devolution;
depravity
etc.
945;
demoralization,
retrogression;
masochism.
impairment,
inquination†,
injury,
damage,
loss,
detriment,
delaceration†,
outrage,
havoc,
inroad,
ravage,
scath†;
perversion,
prostitution,
vitiation,
discoloration,
oxidation,
pollution,
defoedation†,
poisoning,
venenation†,
leaven,
contamination,
canker,
corruption,
adulteration,
alloy.
decline,
declension,
declination;
decadence,
decadency†;
falling off
etc.
v.;
caducity†,
decrepitude.
decay,
dilapidation,
ravages of time,
wear and tear;
corrosion,
erosion;
moldiness,
rottenness;
moth and rust,
dry rot,
blight,
marasmus†,
atrophy,
collapse;
disorganization;
delabrement
etc.
(destruction).
162;
aphid,
Aphis,
plant louse,
puceron†;
vinefretter†,
vinegrub†.
wreck,
mere wreck,
honeycomb,
magni nominis umbra [Lat.];
jade,
plug,
rackabones [U.S.],
skate [U.S.];
tackey†,
tacky [U.S.].
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Roget 663:
bane,
curse;
evil
etc.
619;
hurtfulness
etc.
(badness)
649†;
painfulness
etc.
(cause of pain)
830;
scourge
etc.
(punishment)
975;
damnosa hereditas [Lat.];
white elephant.
sting,
fang,
thorn,
tang,
bramble,
brier,
nettle.
poison,
toxin;
teratogen;
leaven,
virus venom;
arsenic;
antimony,
tartar emetic;
strychnine,
nicotine;
miasma,
miasm†,
mephitis†,
malaria,
azote†,
sewer gas;
pest.
[poisonous substances, examples]
Albany hemp†,
arsenious oxide,
arsenious acid;
bichloride of mercury;
carbonic acid,
carbonic gas;
choke damp,
corrosive sublimate,
fire damp;
hydrocyanic acid,
cyanide,
Prussic acid,
hydrogen cyanide;
marsh gas,
nux vomica [Lat.],
ratsbane†.
[poisonous plants]
hemlock,
hellebore,
nightshade,
belladonna,
henbane,
aconite;
banewort†,
bhang,
ganja†,
hashish;
Upas tree.
[list of poisonous substances]
Toxline (online).
rust,
worm,
helminth [Med.],
moth,
moth and rust,
fungus,
mildew;
dry rot;
canker,
cankerworm;
cancer;
torpedo;
viper
etc.
(evil doer)
913;
demon
etc.
980.
[Science of poisons]
toxicology.
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